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SCP-8075 Uncontained ~ medium confidence
SCP-8075
Expected annual
$1.4M
One-time setup
$1.9M
Annual recurring
$1.2M
Personnel
7
One-time setup costs are modest to mid-range for a readied fungarium alcove and specialized transport containers, with a large recommended contingency reserve. Annual recurring costs are dominated by personnel, transport/recovery operations, covert surveillance, and administrative overhead.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.9M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#21] Recommended contingency/catastrophic-response reserve for large-scale decontamination, legal fallout, or extended covert containment.
Transport Per Operation $200K
[#11] Representative one-time cost per major Transport & Recovery operation (apprehension/extraction).
Tactical Equipment $200K
[#13] One-time purchase of armored vehicles, UAVs, secure transport crates and tactical comms for recovery teams.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#8] Initial sequencing, culture, pathogenicity/toxicology testing and external contract testing to characterize a recovered specimen.
Equipment $118K
[#1, #3, #5, #6, #10] Lab hardware one-time purchases: humidified incubator + Class II BSC, backup power hardware (UPS/generator), autoclave, −80°C freezer, CCTV/access hardware.
Facilities $106K
[#1, #2] Sealed negative-pressure alcove / HVAC retrofit and installation costs including humidification/installation for the readied chamber; includes small install charge for incubator/BSC readiness.
Pr Response Per Incident $50K
[#16] Per-incident public health / PR contingency (staged press, controlled narratives, rapid response costs).
Reactivation Restart $50K
[#22] One-time restart/scale-up costs if active containment must be re-established after suspension (retraining, reconfirmation experiments).
Containment Carriers $15K
[#14] Certified triple-containment transfer carriers and shock/humidity control cases purchased to have multiple certified carriers ready.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.2M/yr
Staff Wages $450K/yr
[#9, #10] Salaries for containment microbiologist(s), senior scientist(s), lab technicians, and security staff assigned to maintain readiness and secure the fungarium chamber.
Logistics And Transport $200K/yr
[#11] Annual budget for Transport & Recovery operational readiness (manhunt ops, travel, staging) while search efforts are active.
Administrative Overhead $162K/yr
[#23] Programmatic administrative overhead (procurement, program managers, internal audit) estimated at ~15% of direct recurring costs.
Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr
[#15] Legal, cover, and records-suppression baseline costs including counsel, sealed filings, and cover maintenance.
Covert Intel Surveillance $100K/yr
[#12] Ongoing domestic/international intelligence, informant payments, electronic surveillance and investigative costs.
Supplies And Consumables $65K/yr
[#4, #5, #7] PPE, decontamination supplies, annual hazardous waste-disposal contract, and routine microbiology consumables/reagents.
Research And Monitoring $52K/yr
[#3, #19] Environmental/field sampling and lab testing budgets and remote monitoring service/data telecom for environmental sensors.
Tactical Maintenance $30K/yr
[#13] Maintenance, fuel, and consumables for tactical vehicles, UAVs and capture equipment.
Facilities Maintenance $24K/yr
[#2, #18, #10] HVAC/negative-pressure energy and maintenance, annual recertification/calibration of biosafety systems, and small CCTV/access system maintenance.
Incident Drills $20K/yr
[#17] Annual incident response drills, PPE training, biosafety audits and certifications.
Medical Surveillance $20K/yr
[#20] Ongoing medical monitoring, prophylaxis and standby clinical contracts for personnel.
Public Health Pr Annual Reserve $10K/yr
[#16] Small annual reserve for PR/public-health liaison readiness and scenario planning.
Cryostorage Operations $5K/yr
[#6] LN2/electricity and alarm/monitoring costs for cryostorage / −80°C freezers and secure access controls.
Containment Shipping $2K/yr
[#14] Per-transfer shipping/handling costs for certified containment carriers (routine small annual spend).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.2M/yr
53.0% probability / year
Normal year with readiness maintained and no major incidents or large-scale recovery operations.
no_major_incident routine_maintenance
🚨 Transport Operation $1.6M/yr
40.0% probability / year +$330K vs baseline
A major Transport & Recovery operation to apprehend targets (domestic or international) requiring surge spending.
active_manhunt capture_operation international_extraction
🚨 Public Exposure $1.7M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Limited public exposure/event requiring PR response, legal work, limited remediation and outreach.
media_leak local_public_exposure
🚨 Major Breach $3.7M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline
Catastrophic containment failure or large-scale environmental propagation requiring multi-million dollar emergency response.
widespread_contamination international_legal_fallout
👥 Personnel 7 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 1 [#9] Senior containment/microbiology scientist to lead characterization and protocols.
Lab Technician 2 [#9] Laboratory technicians to maintain readiness, run assays and process samples.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 3 [#10] On-site security staff assigned to the fungarium chamber and access control.
Administrative Staff 1 [#23] Program admin/procurement and records support (portion of overhead included in recurring budget).
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, enabling a reasonable mid-range estimate; however wide cost ranges (particularly for recovery ops, retrofits, and catastrophic reserves) produce significant uncertainty.
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